Chapter 4

Jack

He knew without a doubt the woman he saw last night was the one in his dream.

Except for the dress,everything about her matched. While she had been strolling through the forest he had debated whether or not he should reveal himself but decided against it since it was nighttime,therefore he couldn't turn into a human and something about the way the woman had continued to look around her,alert and wary,made Jack suspect she didn't want to be around anyone.

What had surprised and shocked him the most was that the woman had ice powers just like him.

If the dream hadn't convinced him to meet with the woman then seeing her have the same powers as him did.

Today I will meet her and hopefully get the answers I need.

He looked up at the sky. The sun was just rising over the horizon,peeking over the land. I might be able to get to the docks before I have to transform. Not wasting another second,he shot to his feet and ran to the edge of the forest. The docks were coming into view long before he reached the edge of the forest as it was relatively close to the forest being separated by two or so meters of water.

He closed his eyes and summoned his ice powers from within. The mark on his head began to glow and without wasting another second he ran across the water. Ice formed on the water when his feet touched it and quickly thawed away when he was a good distance away. He then leapt onto the docks,turning his powers off midair,and instantly bolted for the village,not wanting anyone to walk on the docks and see him transform.

He reached the edge of the village.

There were only a handful of people in the village,reading themselves for the queen's coronation and he was relieved since it made things easier for him. Silently and swiftly,he stalked to a secluded area in the village and simply waited until his transformation came and passed. He went to pick up his staff but froze just before grabbing it.

Should I take it with me he wondered.

If he wanted or needed to use his ice powers while in his human form,he needed the staff with him but he knew going inside a castle with a staff would seem odd and attract unwanted attention to him. On the other hand,he didn't feel safe leaving the staff and having someone taking it or,moons forbid,somehow use its ice powers. He internally debated with himself before finally deciding that he'd take it with him. He stood near the vendor's markets,deciding to think of his approach to the woman.

Then again,should I even approach her? What could I say to her? "Hello dear lady. I met you in my dreams" or "I saw you last night in the forest using your ice powers"

He shook his head.

No,it's best if I just simply meet the lady and try to befriend her and get to know her before telling her about my dream or seeing her. He looked at the sky to see the sun just over the horizon. Still looks like I have a bit more time until the coronation he thought. Might as well get myself acquainted with the kingdom.

For the next hour he made idle chit-chat with vendors and villagers and observed the kingdom's architecture. Eventually,he noticed more villagers were getting out of their houses and readied for the day. "Hey Jack!" He whirled around to see Kristoff at one of the vendors with Sven,waving at him. Jack walked over to him. "Hey Kristoff,Sven,"Jack greeted. "Ready for the queen's coronation?" "Yeah. Just getting Sven some carrots before I go." Jack nodded. "I'm guessing Anna is getting ready for her sister's coronation?"he asked. "Yep. Which she told me to tell you,if I saw you,that once you enter the castle just look for her." Jack nodded,slightly confused.

"Speaking of coronation,I think it's about to begin."Kristoff said. Jack turned his head to the castle and saw people heading over to the castle like a huge herd of sheep. "I suppose we should get going then."Jack said. Kristoff nodded and together they entered the crowd of people. Jack would be lying if he said that he wasn't uneasy with being around too many people in one place since he had always been alone for as long as he could remember. He could handle being with a few people at once but an entire kingdom of people was too much for him to handle. Which was ironic since wolves were considered to be best as pack animals.

Keep it together Jack told himself firmly. It's just for the queen's coronation. I can handle this.

Despite it only being a few minutes but feeling like hours because of the slow moving crowd,they eventually made it through the gates into the castle's courtyard. A guard at the gate greeted them both politely before addressing Kristoff. "Sir,we must take your animal to the stables." "I understand."Kristoff said. The guard nodded before calling over another guard. "Bring this animal to the stables."he ordered. The guard nodded as he took Sven by his collar and led him to the stables as Jack and Kristoff walked over into the castle with the following crowd.

The hallway of the castle was incredibly wide,being enough to contain a large crowd of people within it. The walls had many portraits of what Jack could only assume were the past rulers of the kingdom with some sculptures on stone pillars as well. "Seems like Anna is looking for us."Kristoff said as he pointed ahead of them. Jack looked ahead and saw Anna standing near the room where the crowd was going into. She was wearing a dark green strapless dress with teal,blue and purple designs,a black necklace with a bronze pendant,white stockings with a pair of flat black shoes. Her hair was tied into a braid and put into a bun tied with a black ribbon.

"Anna!"Kristoff yelled,waving his arms overhead. Her head turned in their direction and smiled once she saw them as she walked over. "Jack! I'm so glad you're here!"Anna said happily. "Well,it's not everyday you get to see a queen's coronation."Jack said. "That is true,"Anna replied with a chuckle. "So Kristoff had told me that I should look for you once I entered the castle." "Oh right. If you two will follow me."she said as she walked inside the room. Jack looked at Kristoff with a questioning look as he followed her but he simply shrugged his shoulders.

The room was fairly big with two floors,a gold chandelier hanging from the ceiling and large windows on the side that allowed the bright sunlight from outside to shine inside. A long,red carpet was at the middle of the room and on either side were benches that were long enough to hold about six or seven people on it. People dressed in black robes were standing on the upper floor,humming a song of some sort,and a tall,lanky man at the front and Jack realised that they were in a chapel. "Alright,here's the seats I saved for you two."Anna said,stopping beside the bench at the front of the room.

"Wait,Anna aren't the benches in the front for the other royal families and business partners of Arendelle?"Kristoff asked her softly. Jack looked at the people who were sitting on the benches seeing they all were wearing formal suits or stunning dresses with clearly expensive jewelry and realised Kristoff was right. "Yeah. So what?"Anna asked. "Anna,we can't sit here. We're not royalty."Kristoff protested in a whisper. "Firstly,it's not only royalty that sits here. Secondly,you're a business partner of Arendelle and my friend so technically you are allowed to sit here."Anna said. "Anna,I appreciate the kind gesture but I can't sit here. Last thing I want to do is offend someone."Jack said.

"Nonsense Jack. If it weren't for you,I might still be in that forest and if anyone has a problem with this then they can discuss it with me."Anna said. Jack still wasn't too sure about it and Anna must've seen it too because she added,"Think of it as a thank you gesture for your helpfulness."

Jack sighed in defeat. "Thank you then."Jack said to her. "No problem,"Anna said to him before he turned to Kristoff. " No more excuse from you and sit down. The coronation will start any minute."she told him firmly but playfully. Kristoff sighed but did as Anna said and sat beside him. She nodded before walking over to the priest and standing near him just as the people on the higher floor turned their humming into soft singing. Kristoff turned his head over his shoulder then looked back at him. "Here comes the queen."

Jack turned his body around,to see the queen,and his eyes nearly bulged out of his sockets.

The queen was the woman he saw in the forest last night and the one in his dream!

The chances of him meeting the same woman were already slim but meeting the same woman who was a soon-to be queen was beyond coincidental. What are the odds of this happening Jack thought. Now knowing the woman he wanted to meet was the queen,he knew that getting a chance to talk with her would be difficult if not impossible. Well,I've never been the luckiest person anyway he told himself in amusement. Time to see if I can turn that around.

Author's Note:And here is chapter 4! I know I took a while to post a chapter but as I said before uploads will be slow. Anyway,I hope you all enjoy this chapter and stay safe.